Finless flounder
Achiropsetta tricholepis, the Finless flounder or Prickly flounder, is a species of southern flounder with a southern circumpolar distribution. It lives in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean off Patagonia, the Falkland Islands and the Burdwood Bank, and also off the Ob Bank, Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, and the Campbell Plateau. It is usually caught in depths of 21 to 1,186 metres (69 to 3,891 ft). This species can grow to 39 centimetres (15 in) TL.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Achiropsettidae |
| Genus: | Achiropsetta Norman, 1930 |
| Species: | A. tricholepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Achiropsetta tricholepis Norman, 1930 | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Achiropsetta tricholepis" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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